Last month, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a set of proposed regulations to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). The agency’s proposal takes an expansive view of the requirements imposed by the law. Taking effect this June, the PWFA was intended to fill a gap in... Read More »
Back in 1812, Elbridge Gerry, then the Governor of Massachusetts, created an odd-shaped Congressional district in his state, manipulating the boundaries to create an advantage for his political party. His legacy, called “gerrymandering,” lives on, and Alabama’s latest attempt to use it to avoid giving Black Alabamans what a federal... Read More »
A group of female professors at Vassar College have filed a class action lawsuit against the college accusing them of knowingly failing to address the gender gap in pay among its faculty members. The suit represents five current and former full-time female professors who teach subjects ranging from physics to... Read More »
A series of new laws, petitions and amendments has kept a convicted sexually violent predator (SVP) in a California state hospital, without a trial, since 1993. The Supreme Court of California has now considered his constitutional rights and ruled that “persons facing SVP commitment have a due process right to... Read More »
During the COVID-19 pandemic, employees of California State University (CSU) were ordered to conduct their classes remotely. In order to comply, one biology professor tried to retrieve his computer and other vital equipment from his on-campus office, but he was denied permission to enter it. As a result, he had... Read More »
A Federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that challenged a transgender woman's induction into the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority at the University of Wyoming. The lawsuit made national headlines and was dubbed an intentional effort to further curb transgender rights and protections. Last week’s ruling to dismiss the lawsuit... Read More »
Widely popular YouTube “momfluencer” Ruby Franke has been arrested on charges of aggravated child abuse. Franke's business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, has also been arrested on similar charges. Officers were dispatched to Franke's household after one of Franke's children climbed out of a window and ran to a neighbor's home just... Read More »
While the nation continues to bemoan questionable behavior by United States Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor, the California Supreme Court is actually doing something to prevent its judges from unethical actions. The California Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics issued a Formal Opinion on August... Read More »
Burger King will have to face a recently filed lawsuit that accuses the fast food chain of falsely advertising its signature Whopper, ruled a U.S. District Court judge in Miami. The class action lawsuit was brought forward by Florida attorney Anthony Russo. Russo is representing plaintiffs in Arizona, California, Connecticut,... Read More »
A group of about 20 armed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents dressed in tactical gear raided the home of Los Angeles-based actor Siaka Massaquoi in the early morning hours of June 10, 2021, to execute a federal search warrant. They believed that Massaquoi had entered the U.S. Capitol building... Read More »
The justice department has announced a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX). The lawsuit accuses SpaceX of discriminating against refugees and asylees in the company’s hiring practices. According to the Justice Department, between at least September 2018 and May 2022, the company discouraged asylees and refugees from... Read More »
Members of the LGBTQ+ community are celebrating policy reform regarding transgender rights. The policy change was the result of a lawsuit that was filed by a former county jail inmate in New York. Makyyla Holland, a 25-year-old Black transgender woman, filed her lawsuit in March 2022 against New York’s Broome... Read More »
A police officer in Merced, California, who was fired for lying under oath in court, will get another chance to see if his termination was supported by sufficient evidence about his questionable actions during a possibly illegal search. Officer Jose Cruz was terminated from the Merced County Police Department based... Read More »
An investment firm dedicated to helping Black and minority women get the funding they need for their business ventures is facing a lawsuit that accuses their business practices of being racially discriminatory. The Atlanta-based venture capital firm, Fearless Fund, is facing legal criticism about its grant program, Fearless Strivers Grant... Read More »
A new lawsuit filed by a former foster child who achieved great success poses a daunting question in his case: is justice blind? The blockbuster 2009 movie, The Blind Side, was a Hollywood story that offered a heartwarming “true life” tale. In 2004, a well-off white family took in a... Read More »
